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FRAMES TO MY MUSIC VIDEO: COME BACK SPARKIN
WATCH IT HERE:
COME BACK SPARKIN is the title of this song and its music video.
SPARKIN should be spelled SPARKING, but I chose to spell it the way I pronounce it.
This is how I create language.
I grew up in urban environments and slang talk has always been my preferred way of expressing myself.
I always loved the level of creativity that could be applied to a language, and the power slang has in societies.
To COME BACK SPARKIN is to come back from a difficult situation while creating something absolutely beautiful out of it.
It is the act of overcoming an obstacle or obstacles no matter the level of difficulty.
We have the power as SuperHumans to take advantage of every situation.
In this song, I first remind myself, that I am the one who chooses to feel down or up, no one else:
No matter what i go through, it can't get me down
Go ahead, take a shot at me. All you are going to do is fuel the beast. In other words, help me excel to the next level:
I'm a Warrior at heart, kick me down !
See what happens, I COME BACK SPARKIN
Some individuals do a whole lot of talking, but their actions do not match their blah blah blah.
Or they spend most of their time talking, while never truly accomplishing and doing something about what they are talking about:
While you're barkin, I move in action !
Realising that I have no one to talk to and spending my time by myself because no one around me is real enough, or I do not relate to them:
Very lonely, no one to talk to
I gain consciousness of my HumanPower , and I choose to Keep My Head Up as Tupac told us.
Keep My Head Up, as I walk through
Dark tunnels, with no light dude
I then realize who I am: I'm the Light Myself.
This is the path of the Warrior. Check out Warrior of Light by Paolo Coehlo if you don't understand this.
I then invite those that feel the way I do to listen to me because I live it like you, and I am uplifting myself.
So join me, and we can lift ourselves together.
Listen to my music, if you need help
Coz I give you energy
The Power and the Will to overcome your enemy
When I say enemy some may think that I am talking about a person outside of themselves, but I am not:
Which is the ego, your own self
Get deeper into your self. Understand that money is a tool, and not the answer to life:
Money is a distraction
The answer to all is within you:
The True Wealth is the Inner
I am not one of those people who thinks money is evil and who does not want money.
I'm a physical being with 5 physical senses, so I enjoy things money allows me to do.
I want to be clear that this is not an anti-money campaign, it is about understanding its role and purpose in our lives.
I do not claim to have the answers, what I do is invite others to my journey.
I recorded this song 3 years ago, and so, being that I have evolved a lot since, I chose to focus this music video on these lyrics and not the remainder of the song.
They no longer apply to who I am today like they did when I wrote them.
The Art Direction of this music video is a continuation of my project THE REBIRTH in which I created an imaginary world where the unreal becomes real.
The quality of this Music Video is very poor, the camera was old and busted, so this is what it is.
I think it's cool to have the quality this fucked up because it's such a huge contrast to crisp HD imagery.
I love crisp HD quality as well :)
Lyrics:
No matter what i go through, it can't get me down
I'm a Warrior at heart, kick me down !
See what happens, I COME BACK SPARKIN
While you're barkin, I move in action !
I'm on a mission !
Very lonely, no one to talk to
Keep My Head Up, as I walk through
Dark tunnels, with no light dude
Actually, I'm The Light Myself
Listen to my music, if you need help
Coz I give you energy
The Power and the Will to overcome your enemy
Which is the ego, your own self
Money is a distraction
The True Wealth is the Inner
Song Credits:
Lyrics: Willpower (William Ismael)
Recording Artist: Willpower (William Ismael)
Beat Maker / Composer: Anthony Harrell
Video Credits:
Director: Willpower (William Ismael)
Co-Director: Guillaume Hamon
Camera Man: Guillaume Hamon
Editing: Willpower (William Ismael)
3D: Willpower (William Ismael)
Compositing: Willpower (William Ismael)
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1. i dont brush my teeth much. the idea of brushing them daily seems absurd.
2. i admire people who have annorexia. if i had enough willpower, i would, too. i think you can never be "too" skinny!
3. my writing master is tim kinsella.
4. i've always hated tomatoes. yet i like tomato sauce and ketchup.
5. my brother pretty much raised me - i grew up playing nintendo, then sega, then psx, then pc.
6. when i'm walking down the streets i always have to point out a car that i love and a car that i hate when i see it. my favorite cars are japanese and american, most likely with automatic headlights. i hate french and german cars! but i think the ugliest car ever is chevrolet pt cruiser :{
7. my first kiss happened in the beginning of june of 2007. it was on a small concert and now i think the guy was ugly, and i dont even know his name, and i never saw him again.
8. my biggest dream is to have a house with a big garden and have a lot of animals: cats, rats, guinea pigs, bunnies, dogs, squirrels etc.
9. i also dream about having a separate room for my clothes and another for shoes. (i already have more than 30 pairs)
10. i've lived in gorzów for only 3 years and nothing really good happened to me here, but somehow i feel attached to this town.
11. i dream about buying this dress one day!
12. my favorite time of the year are the last 3 months.
13. i hate dancing and i think people who love it are stupid, maybe except erlend oye. but he can do anything he wants.
14. its not racist but i think people other race than white are ugly. its only because i hate wide noses and swollen lips. but of course i could easily be friends with someone like that.
15. the most important feature in a potential partner is intelligence. he should be like bill gates or sheldon cooper.
16. i think the first step on the road to happiness is fully accepting yourself.
17. i seem to have a supernatural power of pushing people away.
18. i have a suspicion that i was born in an english-speaking country and ended up in poland by mistake. english is the most natural language to me.
19. people who have sex and bash porn are the most stupid people ever! porn doesnt get you pregnant at 18.
20. i can listen to anything as long as its not mainstream crap. but i have weakness for katy perry. not like i'm a big fan of her, but i consider her a bit of an alternative to today's pop world.
21. i have a runny nose all year long. i always carry tissues with me.
22. i'd much rather have an ice cream than a beer with someone.
23. i love listening to erlend oye's solo album when i drive at night!
24. my favorite hair colors are: pink, blue, purple and green.
25. i've always tried to be unique, even as a little kid. i've always been saying "i wont wear/do that because everyone does and i dont wanna be like them"
watch video: vimeo.com/89037319
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
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The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
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The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
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The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
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The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
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Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
Tomato
Avocado
Ginkgo Leaves
Kelp
Onion
Garlic
Dressing:
Olive Oil
Lemon
Black Currant Mustard
Apple Cider Vinegar
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
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The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
----------------
The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
----------------
The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
----------------
The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
----------------
Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
It's now become part of our travelling calendar - we go on a city break for Jayne’s birthday in January - no presents for birthday's and Christmas, we travel instead. This year it was Seville. We had to drive 180 miles south to Stansted to fly there though, Friday afternoon on the A1, such fun... It was a really good drive down in actual fact, the best day for months, glorious blue sky and a fantastic sunset- and I was in a car. We got stung for tea and drinks in the Radison Blu but we were overnighting and leaving the car so we didn't have much choice. Ryanair aagh! Again no choice. To be fair to the abrasive Irish man O Leary things are better than they used to be and it was an acceptable flight.
We were hoping for better weather than we got- don't you always? It was. cold, windy and after some initial beautiful sun on our first afternoon, it was mostly grey. The wind died but so did the sun. The other little problem was that it was my turn for the awful cold that Jayne had been trying to get over. I was under the weather in more ways than one all week, it was only a cold but it was the worst I've had for ages and it didn't help my mood, particularly when the sun was absent. We had a few hours of really nice light here and there and I made the most of it - I think!
Seville has miles and miles of narrow cobbled streets, they seem to go on for ever. They are almost random in layout and it is extremely difficult to find your way around, it's easier to just keep walking and see what you find. So we did! The architecture is stunning and the history is fascinating. Aside from the ancient history the two events that seem to have had a massive recent influence are the Expo's of 1929 and 1992. The incredible buildings or 'Pavilions' that were built for a one off event are now part of the reason that people visit the city. The 1929 pavilions are fantastic, each one is a story in itself and a destination in its own right but there are a lot of them in Parque Maria Luisa. Plaza Espana, built by the hosts of course, is the biggest and I would imagine that you could make a project out of photographing the individual ceramic tile displays around it on their own. These incredible buildings really need the light to be right to get images that people want to see, flat bright light from bright grey skies is good for certain things but dramatic architecture deserves better - or maybe I'm looking for the easy way option. The other discovery that we made, we found just down the road from the hotel, about an hour into the trip – The Metropol Parasol. A giant lattice work parasol, apparently called ‘The Mushrooms’ locally and apparently the world’s largest wooden structure. You have to look twice, having discovered that it is wood. Only later did we discover that we could get to the top and there is an extensive walkway around the top of it. It is built on top of ancient ruins, ( still intact and viewable) a food market and bars etc. and has a plaza around it and on it, that is buzzing on weekend evenings. Walking around the top, the first people up it one day and being back to watch the sunset later was one of the highlights of the trip for me.
The 1992 Expo also covered a massive area but left behind lots of modern - and some very strange - buildings and arenas. Some are of a temporary nature and get dismantled others find a new use. The land used was on an island between two branches of the River Guadalquivir – Isla de la Cartuja. The branch that goes through the city is now a canal, blocked at its northern end by a barrier with a motorway on it, and is used extensively for water sports, mainly rowing. Many of the buildings are now used by private companies as headquarters , others have a very derelict look. The whole area- even though it is home to the theme park- which was shut for the winter, has a neglected air about it. There are weeds growing everywhere but fountains are switched on, which seemed odd. Unlike the city a short distance away, there are no cafes or bars or other people around for that matter, just us meandering through. The car park that was created for the event is massive, it stretches for miles, and I really mean miles. Totally derelict, just the odd person or dog walker around. There is even a railway line terminating here, in the middle of nowhere a modern and apparently unmanned station, like a ghost station. At this point, across the river proper is open countryside, much flatter than I expected and very easy for local walkers and cyclists to get to - also very calm and quiet, a place to linger and enjoy the peace.
As usual I researched and discovered as we walked, we averaged around 13 miles a day and tried to get off the beaten track. We were out around 8.15, before sunrise, and had orange juice, coffee and Tostada with the locals for breakfast. The trouble is that there are many miles of walking in a relatively small area, some streets are only a few feet wide so there are a lot of them to explore. Incredible ancient churches and squares are around every corner- it's a very religious place - Catholicism rules in Spain. Unfortunately many are only a few feet away from the building next to it and it is difficult to get a decent shot of them. Seville is also famous, historically, as a producer of ceramic tiles. A building isn’t complete without a tile display of some sort and it would be very easy to make a project out of tiles alone. It may be a little boring for any companions though!
We walked the length of the embankment a couple of times, it has graffiti from end to end, several miles of massive concrete walls covered in everything imaginable, from marker pen scribbling to works of art. It was suggested to me that allowing people to paint here might prevent them from daubing property and monuments in the city- it hasn't! Most alleyways and shutters have been attacked to a greater or lesser degree. Spain has very high youth unemployment and maybe this plays a role. To be truthful though we haven't seen a city that's free of graffiti. The other problem is dogs- or what they produce, it's everywhere, absolutely everywhere, in a week we saw only one person remove his dogs mess. Fortunately the city streets are cleaned exceptionally well, some of the cleanest we have come across, men (and a lot of women) and machines are washing and sweeping endlessly.
Having had the wettest winter on record at home - almost three months of rain - we didn't want more rain but we got it. The upside was the water and the reflections that it created made photography on the cobbled streets more interesting, particularly at night. I usually find that it takes me a while to get into the groove on a trip and this one was no different, I didn't start shooting with total disregard - street shots- for a couple of days. Whilst the locals wore quilted jackets and scarves we got down to tee shirts at times, the warmer afternoons would be welcome in summer, never mind January, in Huddersfield. I envied the cyclists, being able to train in temperatures like this in winter - I wish! You need a lot less willpower to get out there and train hard in pleasant weather.
From a photography point of view I had a frustrating time, I never felt to get to grips with the place- other than on the streets at night. Writing this on my phone on the flight home, I haven't a clue what I've got to work with when I get back. I usually edit first and write later. Generally I have a first look, I'm disillusioned, I then revisit and see things differently- thankfully! Architectural shots with a grey sky could be destined for the monochrome treatment, we'll soon see. I'm still editing stuff from our London trip before Christmas, it's getting decent views in black and white and I quite enjoy looking at them myself.
We visited most of the notable tourist destinations, and went up anything that we could. Seville doesn't have a high point-it's flat! Nothing really stands head and shoulders above the city. The Cathedral tower is over 300 feet but the Cathedral itself fills a lot of the view on some aspects. Being square and having to look through bars in recesses you don't really get a completely open aspect. A new 600 foot tower is close to being finished, it's an office block and I couldn't find any mention of it being a viewing point in the future.
Oranges were the last thing on my mind when I suggested going to Seville. There are 25000 orange trees in Seville and now is the time that they are laden with big-and sour- Seville oranges, they are everywhere, apparently they are the property of the city authorities and will be harvested and sent to the UK to be made in to marmalade at some point in the near future. These trees will soon be covered in fragrant blossom, the city will smell beautiful for a couple of months. Studying the surrounding area it would be good to tour in March or April I would think, the scents, longer days and better weather would make for a fantastic trip. One for the future. The sunrise on our final morning was the best of the week, this was what we had looked forward to, we had to leave for the airport at 9.00...... Needless to say it was raining hard as we drove the last twenty miles home. Nothing new there then.
As usual I have aimed to present a pretty extensive collection of photographs of our chosen destination, some, at first glance will be pretty mundane shots of everyday life on the streets, often though, close inspection will reveal something humorous, something that needs a bit of thought. Others are definitely just people going about their holiday or work. Travelling with someone else it wouldn’t be fair to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to nail the perfect long exposure or HDR image of a cathedral or similar in perfect light – the one stunning shot to add to the portfolio- it’s not really my thing, I go for an overview of the place in the time available. Looking at the postcards locally it becomes obvious that stunning shots of some of these buildings are hard to come by. Heavily corrected converging verticals were quite obvious – and most likely will be in my own shots. As the owner of tilt and shift lenses I never travel with one – ever! My knees are already creaking from the weight of the bag.
watch video: vimeo.com/89037319
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
----------------
The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
----------------
The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
----------------
The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
----------------
The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
----------------
Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
----------------
The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
----------------
The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
----------------
The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
----------------
The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
----------------
Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
----------------
The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
----------------
The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
----------------
The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
----------------
The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
----------------
Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
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The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
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The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
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The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
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The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
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Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
watch video: vimeo.com/89037319
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
watch video: vimeo.com/89037319
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
watch video: vimeo.com/89037319
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
watch video: vimeo.com/89037319
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
----------------
The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
----------------
The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
----------------
The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
----------------
The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
----------------
Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
watch video: vimeo.com/89150913
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
My Logo started with a tetrahedron in 2013. evolved into a merkaba in 2015.
In Egyptian, Mer means a Counter Rotating Field of Light.
Ka means Spirit.
Ba means Body.
it all happenened natuarally in the flow of creation.
Before Math as we know it is Sacred Geometry, which encapsulates life itself.
I was attracted to electronic toys as a child.
I disassembled them to understand them, and put them back together.
Math was the only class besides sports in which I had fun and where everything felt natural.
I made my own electric circuits during the weekend in Junior High.
I started writing code to create shapes at 12 years old.
It’s something that came naturally.
I was a science major in high school without trying to be one.
I’m don’t consider myself a mathmatician but someone with a love for the art.
Sacred Geometry makes Mathematical relationships visual and intuitively natural to understand.
The 2 triangular shapes are tetrahedrons.
When together in opposite directions, create what is called a ‘Merkaba’ or ‘Star Tetrahedron’.
The Merkaba is the basis of all biological lifeforms all across the Universe.
Enlightement is realising the interconnectivity of all that is.
It is when both sides of the brain work together as one.
I use Sacred Geometry because it represents the interconnectivity of the Universe.
We are all connected to one another, to the plants, animals, insects, the wind, water, fire, earth.
Everything in reality, that exists, manifested through the Sacred Geometry proportions.
Every single thing in creation.
Music, emotions, feelings, energy, plants, our bodies, everything is created out a unique sign
wave signatures, that when becoming physical comes out of a sacred geometry pattern.
It represents the physical life emerging out of the spiritual realm.
Crop circles which seem to be created by aliens, are pure sacred geometry.
They seem to communicate something specific based on mathematical relationships.
The Circles showing the mathematical relationships of the merkaba of my logo, represent the Seed of Life.
The Seed of Life is the center of the Flower of Life.
The Flower of Life represents all of life in the Universe.
I view the Merkabah as masculine energy due to its straight lines, and the Seed of Life represents
the feminine energy due to its circular form.
It holds the laws and proportions of everything in existence.
By Superimposing the Male Energy and the Female Energy together, we get the connection of the two.
We all have both energies within us.
When a man and a woman are in love, it creates the most powerful energy within the body.
Sacred Geometry shapes in architecture, sculptures and art have been all over the world for centuries.
The pyramids all over the world from Egypt to Central and South America are examples of this.
~ Willpower LifeForce // WILLPOWER STUDIOS
VISUAL COMPOSER PERFORMANCE
I perform my music with my interactive stage design.
It is best to experience my performance live.
I use Ableton Live with an M-Audio Microphone & Keyboard, and the keys of my MacBook Pro to make my tracks.
For this video, I am using an instrumental, but I am also a recording artist.
I make my music, write the lyrics, record my vocals, mix and master my albums.
I then create all the visuals.
I create every single aspect of my work to give you a spherical 4 dimensional experience of my Art.
To create the interactive animation, I write code in Processing (Open Source Programming Language based on Java).
In this video, my hands are controlling the visuals. For this, I use the Leap Motion sensor.
I use a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to animate my visuals using Leap Motion.
The animation follows my hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision.
The visual is an animation within an animation with symmetry, which makes it a bit more challenging to control, making it even more fun.
Some of the visuals are generated by the music's decibel levels.
The main drive behind my work is PLAY. Play leads to fun, which leads to joy. Following our joy is the driving force in my life, and I want to share it with others. This is why I create interactive installations where people and children of different races and religions get to play and have loads of fun in a magical environment.
The VISUAL COMPOSER PERFORMANCE is a emotional piece with a dark track I made to expose the pain I feel everyday trying to survive in society. I perceive that the social system is set up by certain people to their benefit, while it is handicapping many others for whom it does not fit. I also see that many are unhappy with their jobs. Physicians and lawyers have high rates of suicide according to reports I have read. This is a time for us to question everything, and create a new social ecosystem that benefits all. Including the animals going instinct. I understand the Survival of The Fittest approach, but it does not have to be this way. I understand that nature is very violent and brutal, such as humans, but I also see a greater reality than this animalistic self-destroying one. It takes heart and courage to do what you love all day and all night all of the time forever. If you are willing to die for what you perceive as your purpose, then you are a Freedom Fighter… or simply, an Artist.
Thank you for watching this video and possibly sharing it.
Love Universal to All
Unity In Diversity
WillpowerStudios.com
At least it is a vice if taken for raw willpower. As a virtue, it is a natural instinct bequeathed by nature itself. It is a yielding to life, to the Spirit operating in a hidden, undramatic way, and to the operation of grace. Even though nothing appears to be happening, something is. It means long, patient abiding in the poverty of the present moment, without making great claims concerning it. Something much bigger, indeed, is at work all the time. To take stock and measure it is to diminish it. To define it yields a fiction—it cannot be objectified. At best, I may name it, rather than define it, since a name comes closer to mystery, for who knows what is in a name?
-In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk's Memoir
Paul Quenon and Pico Iyer
watch video: vimeo.com/89037319
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
Tomato
Avocado
Ginkgo Leaves
Kelp
Onion
Garlic
Dressing:
Olive Oil
Lemon
Black Currant Mustard
Apple Cider Vinegar
...sometimes, if willpower and faith walk with you.
Guess that it was bound to happen
Was just a matter of time
But now I've come to my decision
And it's one of the painful kind
'Cause now it seems that you wanted a martyr
Just a regular guy wouldn't do
But baby I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you
I really got to hand it to ya
'Cause girl you really tried
But for every time that we spent laughin'
There were two times that I cried
And you were tryin' to make me your martyr
And that's the one thing I just couldn't do
'Cause baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you
'Cause tables are meant for turnin'
And people are bound to change
And bridges are meant for burnin'
When the people and memories they join aren't the same
Still I hope that you can find
Another who can take what I could not
He'll have to be a super guy
Or maybe a super god
'Cause I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain't bout to start nothin' new
And baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you
VISUAL COMPOSER PERFORMANCE
I perform my music with my interactive stage design.
It is best to experience my performance live.
I use Ableton Live with an M-Audio Microphone & Keyboard, and the keys of my MacBook Pro to make my tracks.
For this video, I am using an instrumental, but I am also a recording artist.
I make my music, write the lyrics, record my vocals, mix and master my albums.
I then create all the visuals.
I create every single aspect of my work to give you a spherical 4 dimensional experience of my Art.
To create the interactive animation, I write code in Processing (Open Source Programming Language based on Java).
In this video, my hands are controlling the visuals. For this, I use the Leap Motion sensor.
I use a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to animate my visuals using Leap Motion.
The animation follows my hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision.
The visual is an animation within an animation with symmetry, which makes it a bit more challenging to control, making it even more fun.
Some of the visuals are generated by the music's decibel levels.
The main drive behind my work is PLAY. Play leads to fun, which leads to joy. Following our joy is the driving force in my life, and I want to share it with others. This is why I create interactive installations where people and children of different races and religions get to play and have loads of fun in a magical environment.
The VISUAL COMPOSER PERFORMANCE is a emotional piece with a dark track I made to expose the pain I feel everyday trying to survive in society. I perceive that the social system is set up by certain people to their benefit, while it is handicapping many others for whom it does not fit. I also see that many are unhappy with their jobs. Physicians and lawyers have high rates of suicide according to reports I have read. This is a time for us to question everything, and create a new social ecosystem that benefits all. Including the animals going instinct. I understand the Survival of The Fittest approach, but it does not have to be this way. I understand that nature is very violent and brutal, such as humans, but I also see a greater reality than this animalistic self-destroying one. It takes heart and courage to do what you love all day and all night all of the time forever. If you are willing to die for what you perceive as your purpose, then you are a Freedom Fighter… or simply, an Artist.
Thank you for watching this video and possibly sharing it.
Love Universal to All
Unity In Diversity
WillpowerStudios.com
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
----------------
The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
----------------
The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
----------------
The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
----------------
The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
----------------
Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
----------------
The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
----------------
The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
----------------
The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
----------------
The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
----------------
Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
----------------
The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
----------------
The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
----------------
The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
----------------
The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
----------------
Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation ---------------- The Project Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City). ---------------- The Process Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements. ---------------- The Story The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space. ---------------- The Experience Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience. ---------------- Credits Installed at Eyebeam. Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose. Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael). Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael). Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976 Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
It's now become part of our travelling calendar - we go on a city break for Jayne’s birthday in January - no presents for birthday's and Christmas, we travel instead. This year it was Seville. We had to drive 180 miles south to Stansted to fly there though, Friday afternoon on the A1, such fun... It was a really good drive down in actual fact, the best day for months, glorious blue sky and a fantastic sunset- and I was in a car. We got stung for tea and drinks in the Radison Blu but we were overnighting and leaving the car so we didn't have much choice. Ryanair aagh! Again no choice. To be fair to the abrasive Irish man O Leary things are better than they used to be and it was an acceptable flight.
We were hoping for better weather than we got- don't you always? It was. cold, windy and after some initial beautiful sun on our first afternoon, it was mostly grey. The wind died but so did the sun. The other little problem was that it was my turn for the awful cold that Jayne had been trying to get over. I was under the weather in more ways than one all week, it was only a cold but it was the worst I've had for ages and it didn't help my mood, particularly when the sun was absent. We had a few hours of really nice light here and there and I made the most of it - I think!
Seville has miles and miles of narrow cobbled streets, they seem to go on for ever. They are almost random in layout and it is extremely difficult to find your way around, it's easier to just keep walking and see what you find. So we did! The architecture is stunning and the history is fascinating. Aside from the ancient history the two events that seem to have had a massive recent influence are the Expo's of 1929 and 1992. The incredible buildings or 'Pavilions' that were built for a one off event are now part of the reason that people visit the city. The 1929 pavilions are fantastic, each one is a story in itself and a destination in its own right but there are a lot of them in Parque Maria Luisa. Plaza Espana, built by the hosts of course, is the biggest and I would imagine that you could make a project out of photographing the individual ceramic tile displays around it on their own. These incredible buildings really need the light to be right to get images that people want to see, flat bright light from bright grey skies is good for certain things but dramatic architecture deserves better - or maybe I'm looking for the easy way option. The other discovery that we made, we found just down the road from the hotel, about an hour into the trip – The Metropol Parasol. A giant lattice work parasol, apparently called ‘The Mushrooms’ locally and apparently the world’s largest wooden structure. You have to look twice, having discovered that it is wood. Only later did we discover that we could get to the top and there is an extensive walkway around the top of it. It is built on top of ancient ruins, ( still intact and viewable) a food market and bars etc. and has a plaza around it and on it, that is buzzing on weekend evenings. Walking around the top, the first people up it one day and being back to watch the sunset later was one of the highlights of the trip for me.
The 1992 Expo also covered a massive area but left behind lots of modern - and some very strange - buildings and arenas. Some are of a temporary nature and get dismantled others find a new use. The land used was on an island between two branches of the River Guadalquivir – Isla de la Cartuja. The branch that goes through the city is now a canal, blocked at its northern end by a barrier with a motorway on it, and is used extensively for water sports, mainly rowing. Many of the buildings are now used by private companies as headquarters , others have a very derelict look. The whole area- even though it is home to the theme park- which was shut for the winter, has a neglected air about it. There are weeds growing everywhere but fountains are switched on, which seemed odd. Unlike the city a short distance away, there are no cafes or bars or other people around for that matter, just us meandering through. The car park that was created for the event is massive, it stretches for miles, and I really mean miles. Totally derelict, just the odd person or dog walker around. There is even a railway line terminating here, in the middle of nowhere a modern and apparently unmanned station, like a ghost station. At this point, across the river proper is open countryside, much flatter than I expected and very easy for local walkers and cyclists to get to - also very calm and quiet, a place to linger and enjoy the peace.
As usual I researched and discovered as we walked, we averaged around 13 miles a day and tried to get off the beaten track. We were out around 8.15, before sunrise, and had orange juice, coffee and Tostada with the locals for breakfast. The trouble is that there are many miles of walking in a relatively small area, some streets are only a few feet wide so there are a lot of them to explore. Incredible ancient churches and squares are around every corner- it's a very religious place - Catholicism rules in Spain. Unfortunately many are only a few feet away from the building next to it and it is difficult to get a decent shot of them. Seville is also famous, historically, as a producer of ceramic tiles. A building isn’t complete without a tile display of some sort and it would be very easy to make a project out of tiles alone. It may be a little boring for any companions though!
We walked the length of the embankment a couple of times, it has graffiti from end to end, several miles of massive concrete walls covered in everything imaginable, from marker pen scribbling to works of art. It was suggested to me that allowing people to paint here might prevent them from daubing property and monuments in the city- it hasn't! Most alleyways and shutters have been attacked to a greater or lesser degree. Spain has very high youth unemployment and maybe this plays a role. To be truthful though we haven't seen a city that's free of graffiti. The other problem is dogs- or what they produce, it's everywhere, absolutely everywhere, in a week we saw only one person remove his dogs mess. Fortunately the city streets are cleaned exceptionally well, some of the cleanest we have come across, men (and a lot of women) and machines are washing and sweeping endlessly.
Having had the wettest winter on record at home - almost three months of rain - we didn't want more rain but we got it. The upside was the water and the reflections that it created made photography on the cobbled streets more interesting, particularly at night. I usually find that it takes me a while to get into the groove on a trip and this one was no different, I didn't start shooting with total disregard - street shots- for a couple of days. Whilst the locals wore quilted jackets and scarves we got down to tee shirts at times, the warmer afternoons would be welcome in summer, never mind January, in Huddersfield. I envied the cyclists, being able to train in temperatures like this in winter - I wish! You need a lot less willpower to get out there and train hard in pleasant weather.
From a photography point of view I had a frustrating time, I never felt to get to grips with the place- other than on the streets at night. Writing this on my phone on the flight home, I haven't a clue what I've got to work with when I get back. I usually edit first and write later. Generally I have a first look, I'm disillusioned, I then revisit and see things differently- thankfully! Architectural shots with a grey sky could be destined for the monochrome treatment, we'll soon see. I'm still editing stuff from our London trip before Christmas, it's getting decent views in black and white and I quite enjoy looking at them myself.
We visited most of the notable tourist destinations, and went up anything that we could. Seville doesn't have a high point-it's flat! Nothing really stands head and shoulders above the city. The Cathedral tower is over 300 feet but the Cathedral itself fills a lot of the view on some aspects. Being square and having to look through bars in recesses you don't really get a completely open aspect. A new 600 foot tower is close to being finished, it's an office block and I couldn't find any mention of it being a viewing point in the future.
Oranges were the last thing on my mind when I suggested going to Seville. There are 25000 orange trees in Seville and now is the time that they are laden with big-and sour- Seville oranges, they are everywhere, apparently they are the property of the city authorities and will be harvested and sent to the UK to be made in to marmalade at some point in the near future. These trees will soon be covered in fragrant blossom, the city will smell beautiful for a couple of months. Studying the surrounding area it would be good to tour in March or April I would think, the scents, longer days and better weather would make for a fantastic trip. One for the future. The sunrise on our final morning was the best of the week, this was what we had looked forward to, we had to leave for the airport at 9.00...... Needless to say it was raining hard as we drove the last twenty miles home. Nothing new there then.
As usual I have aimed to present a pretty extensive collection of photographs of our chosen destination, some, at first glance will be pretty mundane shots of everyday life on the streets, often though, close inspection will reveal something humorous, something that needs a bit of thought. Others are definitely just people going about their holiday or work. Travelling with someone else it wouldn’t be fair to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to nail the perfect long exposure or HDR image of a cathedral or similar in perfect light – the one stunning shot to add to the portfolio- it’s not really my thing, I go for an overview of the place in the time available. Looking at the postcards locally it becomes obvious that stunning shots of some of these buildings are hard to come by. Heavily corrected converging verticals were quite obvious – and most likely will be in my own shots. As the owner of tilt and shift lenses I never travel with one – ever! My knees are already creaking from the weight of the bag.
My Logo started with a tetrahedron in 2013. evolved into a merkaba in 2015.
In Egyptian, Mer means a Counter Rotating Field of Light.
Ka means Spirit.
Ba means Body.
it all happenened natuarally in the flow of creation.
Before Math as we know it is Sacred Geometry, which encapsulates life itself.
I was attracted to electronic toys as a child.
I disassembled them to understand them, and put them back together.
Math was the only class besides sports in which I had fun and where everything felt natural.
I made my own electric circuits during the weekend in Junior High.
I started writing code to create shapes at 12 years old.
It’s something that came naturally.
I was a science major in high school without trying to be one.
I’m don’t consider myself a mathmatician but someone with a love for the art.
Sacred Geometry makes Mathematical relationships visual and intuitively natural to understand.
The 2 triangular shapes are tetrahedrons.
When together in opposite directions, create what is called a ‘Merkaba’ or ‘Star Tetrahedron’.
The Merkaba is the basis of all biological lifeforms all across the Universe.
Enlightement is realising the interconnectivity of all that is.
It is when both sides of the brain work together as one.
I use Sacred Geometry because it represents the interconnectivity of the Universe.
We are all connected to one another, to the plants, animals, insects, the wind, water, fire, earth.
Everything in reality, that exists, manifested through the Sacred Geometry proportions.
Every single thing in creation.
Music, emotions, feelings, energy, plants, our bodies, everything is created out a unique sign
wave signatures, that when becoming physical comes out of a sacred geometry pattern.
It represents the physical life emerging out of the spiritual realm.
Crop circles which seem to be created by aliens, are pure sacred geometry.
They seem to communicate something specific based on mathematical relationships.
The Circles showing the mathematical relationships of the merkaba of my logo, represent the Seed of Life.
The Seed of Life is the center of the Flower of Life.
The Flower of Life represents all of life in the Universe.
I view the Merkabah as masculine energy due to its straight lines, and the Seed of Life represents
the feminine energy due to its circular form.
It holds the laws and proportions of everything in existence.
By Superimposing the Male Energy and the Female Energy together, we get the connection of the two.
We all have both energies within us.
When a man and a woman are in love, it creates the most powerful energy within the body.
Sacred Geometry shapes in architecture, sculptures and art have been all over the world for centuries.
The pyramids all over the world from Egypt to Central and South America are examples of this.
~ Willpower LifeForce // WILLPOWER STUDIOS
My Logo started with a tetrahedron in 2013. evolved into a merkaba in 2015.
In Egyptian, Mer means a Counter Rotating Field of Light.
Ka means Spirit.
Ba means Body.
it all happenened natuarally in the flow of creation.
Before Math as we know it is Sacred Geometry, which encapsulates life itself.
I was attracted to electronic toys as a child.
I disassembled them to understand them, and put them back together.
Math was the only class besides sports in which I had fun and where everything felt natural.
I made my own electric circuits during the weekend in Junior High.
I started writing code to create shapes at 12 years old.
It’s something that came naturally.
I was a science major in high school without trying to be one.
I’m don’t consider myself a mathmatician but someone with a love for the art.
Sacred Geometry makes Mathematical relationships visual and intuitively natural to understand.
The 2 triangular shapes are tetrahedrons.
When together in opposite directions, create what is called a ‘Merkaba’ or ‘Star Tetrahedron’.
The Merkaba is the basis of all biological lifeforms all across the Universe.
Enlightement is realising the interconnectivity of all that is.
It is when both sides of the brain work together as one.
I use Sacred Geometry because it represents the interconnectivity of the Universe.
We are all connected to one another, to the plants, animals, insects, the wind, water, fire, earth.
Everything in reality, that exists, manifested through the Sacred Geometry proportions.
Every single thing in creation.
Music, emotions, feelings, energy, plants, our bodies, everything is created out a unique sign
wave signatures, that when becoming physical comes out of a sacred geometry pattern.
It represents the physical life emerging out of the spiritual realm.
Crop circles which seem to be created by aliens, are pure sacred geometry.
They seem to communicate something specific based on mathematical relationships.
The Circles showing the mathematical relationships of the merkaba of my logo, represent the Seed of Life.
The Seed of Life is the center of the Flower of Life.
The Flower of Life represents all of life in the Universe.
I view the Merkabah as masculine energy due to its straight lines, and the Seed of Life represents
the feminine energy due to its circular form.
It holds the laws and proportions of everything in existence.
By Superimposing the Male Energy and the Female Energy together, we get the connection of the two.
We all have both energies within us.
When a man and a woman are in love, it creates the most powerful energy within the body.
Sacred Geometry shapes in architecture, sculptures and art have been all over the world for centuries.
The pyramids all over the world from Egypt to Central and South America are examples of this.
~ Willpower LifeForce // WILLPOWER STUDIOS
ASCENSION: An Interactive Installation
----------------
The Project
Willpower (William Ismael) + Carrie Mae Rose collaborate in the duo FLUID THUNDER for the interactive projection mapping of the tetrahedron winged computational fashion installation at Eyebeam (Art + Technology Center in New York City).
----------------
The Process
Carrie Mae creates hand-built wing structures out of wire tetrahedrons and fabric. Willpower codes 2 animations in Processing, which is an open-source programming language, development environment, and online community. He uses Leap Motion, which is a sensory technology, detecting human hands and fingers. He uses a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to use Processing seemlessly with Leap Motion. Willpower attaches his interactive human generated animations to the Leap Motion sensor. They follow a person's hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision. The public interacts with the installation by activating the wings through their physical movements.
----------------
The Story
The animation displays beams of light representing solar neutrinos and the love we have access to at all times. Wings symbolize aspiration and ascension. The light is symbolic of angelic light coming from realms above, shining down to inspire and remind us that we are pure love in our hearts. The bubble eruptions represent both the thunderous fire energy residing inside our human forms and the Big Bang Theory that we are all becoming lighter and lighter each moment in time throughout our expansion into infinite space.
----------------
The Experience
Human beings generate the art on the angel wings by moving their hands. They become part of the art. They create the art. An ongoing 3D generative animation is mapped behind the wings. An interactive animation generated by people is mapped onto the wings. Without human movements, no animation is created on the tetrahedron angel wings. We include you to be part of the art because it is about us. It is about the interaction between the artists and the visitors. We communicate and transcend messages which are experienced beyond just looking at a piece by making you a co-creator of the piece. It is about us coming together and interacting in the space with 'others' we may have not engaged in a conversations with otherwise. It becomes an unique shared experience.
----------------
Credits
Installed at Eyebeam.
Sculpture by Carrie Mae Rose.
Interactive Projection Mapping by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Video Shot + Edited + Music by WILLPOWER STUDIOS (William Ismael).
Watch Video: vimeo.com/78205976
Download Press Package: fluidthunder.com/ASCENSION-Press.zip
To know more about project, visit FluidThunder.com
watch video: vimeo.com/89037319
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
watch video: vimeo.com/89150913
Location: Numa - Paris, France
Special Thanks to: Hackerloop
I developed voice / sound generated Art. It reacts to the human voice. It reacts to sounds. It creates very abrupt graphic animated visuals. What is magical about it, is the size it holds in a space. The environment lives and is reactive to what is going on. It is a way of visualizing sound and the human voice.
My objectives with Voice Generated Graphics Interactive Projection Art:
– Performance Art
– Live Musical / Theatrical Performances
– Festivals
– Clubs / Tasteful Parties
– Interactive Rooms
– Galleries
– Museums
– Public Spaces
– Urban Development
– Retail
– Events
– Conventions
– Anywhere where humans interact
I create an infinite amount of composition by just speaking. The Future is Now.
Remember the days of creating vector art using a software? Well those days are over when you start creating graphics with your voice.
I want to create interactive installations or displayed on huge led screens for Music Festivals and Clubs with a cutting-edge. If you know anyone who may be interested, please send them this link and my portfolio page: willpowerstudios.com/portfolio
It was created at NUMA in Paris, a co-working startup space. They have an amazing 3 projector setup, for presentation and conferences. Working with Hackerloop made it possible for me to create my art utilizing their space. It made me so happy, thankful, and grateful.
This video was directed + shot on an iPhone + edited by WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Witness the process here: willpowerstudios.com/1191/sound-bars
All work by WILLPOWER STUDIOS - WillpowerStudios
VISUAL COMPOSER PERFORMANCE
I perform my music with my interactive stage design.
It is best to experience my performance live.
I use Ableton Live with an M-Audio Microphone & Keyboard, and the keys of my MacBook Pro to make my tracks.
For this video, I am using an instrumental, but I am also a recording artist.
I make my music, write the lyrics, record my vocals, mix and master my albums.
I then create all the visuals.
I create every single aspect of my work to give you a spherical 4 dimensional experience of my Art.
To create the interactive animation, I write code in Processing (Open Source Programming Language based on Java).
In this video, my hands are controlling the visuals. For this, I use the Leap Motion sensor.
I use a Processing Library by onformative (a studio for generative design based in Berlin) called LeapMotionForProcessing to animate my visuals using Leap Motion.
The animation follows my hand movements in real-time and on key with accurate precision.
The visual is an animation within an animation with symmetry, which makes it a bit more challenging to control, making it even more fun.
Some of the visuals are generated by the music's decibel levels.
The main drive behind my work is PLAY. Play leads to fun, which leads to joy. Following our joy is the driving force in my life, and I want to share it with others. This is why I create interactive installations where people and children of different races and religions get to play and have loads of fun in a magical environment.
The VISUAL COMPOSER PERFORMANCE is a emotional piece with a dark track I made to expose the pain I feel everyday trying to survive in society. I perceive that the social system is set up by certain people to their benefit, while it is handicapping many others for whom it does not fit. I also see that many are unhappy with their jobs. Physicians and lawyers have high rates of suicide according to reports I have read. This is a time for us to question everything, and create a new social ecosystem that benefits all. Including the animals going instinct. I understand the Survival of The Fittest approach, but it does not have to be this way. I understand that nature is very violent and brutal, such as humans, but I also see a greater reality than this animalistic self-destroying one. It takes heart and courage to do what you love all day and all night all of the time forever. If you are willing to die for what you perceive as your purpose, then you are a Freedom Fighter… or simply, an Artist.
Thank you for watching this video and possibly sharing it.
Love Universal to All
Unity In Diversity
WillpowerStudios.com
It's now become part of our travelling calendar - we go on a city break for Jayne’s birthday in January - no presents for birthday's and Christmas, we travel instead. This year it was Seville. We had to drive 180 miles south to Stansted to fly there though, Friday afternoon on the A1, such fun... It was a really good drive down in actual fact, the best day for months, glorious blue sky and a fantastic sunset- and I was in a car. We got stung for tea and drinks in the Radison Blu but we were overnighting and leaving the car so we didn't have much choice. Ryanair aagh! Again no choice. To be fair to the abrasive Irish man O Leary things are better than they used to be and it was an acceptable flight.
We were hoping for better weather than we got- don't you always? It was. cold, windy and after some initial beautiful sun on our first afternoon, it was mostly grey. The wind died but so did the sun. The other little problem was that it was my turn for the awful cold that Jayne had been trying to get over. I was under the weather in more ways than one all week, it was only a cold but it was the worst I've had for ages and it didn't help my mood, particularly when the sun was absent. We had a few hours of really nice light here and there and I made the most of it - I think!
Seville has miles and miles of narrow cobbled streets, they seem to go on for ever. They are almost random in layout and it is extremely difficult to find your way around, it's easier to just keep walking and see what you find. So we did! The architecture is stunning and the history is fascinating. Aside from the ancient history the two events that seem to have had a massive recent influence are the Expo's of 1929 and 1992. The incredible buildings or 'Pavilions' that were built for a one off event are now part of the reason that people visit the city. The 1929 pavilions are fantastic, each one is a story in itself and a destination in its own right but there are a lot of them in Parque Maria Luisa. Plaza Espana, built by the hosts of course, is the biggest and I would imagine that you could make a project out of photographing the individual ceramic tile displays around it on their own. These incredible buildings really need the light to be right to get images that people want to see, flat bright light from bright grey skies is good for certain things but dramatic architecture deserves better - or maybe I'm looking for the easy way option. The other discovery that we made, we found just down the road from the hotel, about an hour into the trip – The Metropol Parasol. A giant lattice work parasol, apparently called ‘The Mushrooms’ locally and apparently the world’s largest wooden structure. You have to look twice, having discovered that it is wood. Only later did we discover that we could get to the top and there is an extensive walkway around the top of it. It is built on top of ancient ruins, ( still intact and viewable) a food market and bars etc. and has a plaza around it and on it, that is buzzing on weekend evenings. Walking around the top, the first people up it one day and being back to watch the sunset later was one of the highlights of the trip for me.
The 1992 Expo also covered a massive area but left behind lots of modern - and some very strange - buildings and arenas. Some are of a temporary nature and get dismantled others find a new use. The land used was on an island between two branches of the River Guadalquivir – Isla de la Cartuja. The branch that goes through the city is now a canal, blocked at its northern end by a barrier with a motorway on it, and is used extensively for water sports, mainly rowing. Many of the buildings are now used by private companies as headquarters , others have a very derelict look. The whole area- even though it is home to the theme park- which was shut for the winter, has a neglected air about it. There are weeds growing everywhere but fountains are switched on, which seemed odd. Unlike the city a short distance away, there are no cafes or bars or other people around for that matter, just us meandering through. The car park that was created for the event is massive, it stretches for miles, and I really mean miles. Totally derelict, just the odd person or dog walker around. There is even a railway line terminating here, in the middle of nowhere a modern and apparently unmanned station, like a ghost station. At this point, across the river proper is open countryside, much flatter than I expected and very easy for local walkers and cyclists to get to - also very calm and quiet, a place to linger and enjoy the peace.
As usual I researched and discovered as we walked, we averaged around 13 miles a day and tried to get off the beaten track. We were out around 8.15, before sunrise, and had orange juice, coffee and Tostada with the locals for breakfast. The trouble is that there are many miles of walking in a relatively small area, some streets are only a few feet wide so there are a lot of them to explore. Incredible ancient churches and squares are around every corner- it's a very religious place - Catholicism rules in Spain. Unfortunately many are only a few feet away from the building next to it and it is difficult to get a decent shot of them. Seville is also famous, historically, as a producer of ceramic tiles. A building isn’t complete without a tile display of some sort and it would be very easy to make a project out of tiles alone. It may be a little boring for any companions though!
We walked the length of the embankment a couple of times, it has graffiti from end to end, several miles of massive concrete walls covered in everything imaginable, from marker pen scribbling to works of art. It was suggested to me that allowing people to paint here might prevent them from daubing property and monuments in the city- it hasn't! Most alleyways and shutters have been attacked to a greater or lesser degree. Spain has very high youth unemployment and maybe this plays a role. To be truthful though we haven't seen a city that's free of graffiti. The other problem is dogs- or what they produce, it's everywhere, absolutely everywhere, in a week we saw only one person remove his dogs mess. Fortunately the city streets are cleaned exceptionally well, some of the cleanest we have come across, men (and a lot of women) and machines are washing and sweeping endlessly.
Having had the wettest winter on record at home - almost three months of rain - we didn't want more rain but we got it. The upside was the water and the reflections that it created made photography on the cobbled streets more interesting, particularly at night. I usually find that it takes me a while to get into the groove on a trip and this one was no different, I didn't start shooting with total disregard - street shots- for a couple of days. Whilst the locals wore quilted jackets and scarves we got down to tee shirts at times, the warmer afternoons would be welcome in summer, never mind January, in Huddersfield. I envied the cyclists, being able to train in temperatures like this in winter - I wish! You need a lot less willpower to get out there and train hard in pleasant weather.
From a photography point of view I had a frustrating time, I never felt to get to grips with the place- other than on the streets at night. Writing this on my phone on the flight home, I haven't a clue what I've got to work with when I get back. I usually edit first and write later. Generally I have a first look, I'm disillusioned, I then revisit and see things differently- thankfully! Architectural shots with a grey sky could be destined for the monochrome treatment, we'll soon see. I'm still editing stuff from our London trip before Christmas, it's getting decent views in black and white and I quite enjoy looking at them myself.
We visited most of the notable tourist destinations, and went up anything that we could. Seville doesn't have a high point-it's flat! Nothing really stands head and shoulders above the city. The Cathedral tower is over 300 feet but the Cathedral itself fills a lot of the view on some aspects. Being square and having to look through bars in recesses you don't really get a completely open aspect. A new 600 foot tower is close to being finished, it's an office block and I couldn't find any mention of it being a viewing point in the future.
Oranges were the last thing on my mind when I suggested going to Seville. There are 25000 orange trees in Seville and now is the time that they are laden with big-and sour- Seville oranges, they are everywhere, apparently they are the property of the city authorities and will be harvested and sent to the UK to be made in to marmalade at some point in the near future. These trees will soon be covered in fragrant blossom, the city will smell beautiful for a couple of months. Studying the surrounding area it would be good to tour in March or April I would think, the scents, longer days and better weather would make for a fantastic trip. One for the future. The sunrise on our final morning was the best of the week, this was what we had looked forward to, we had to leave for the airport at 9.00...... Needless to say it was raining hard as we drove the last twenty miles home. Nothing new there then.
As usual I have aimed to present a pretty extensive collection of photographs of our chosen destination, some, at first glance will be pretty mundane shots of everyday life on the streets, often though, close inspection will reveal something humorous, something that needs a bit of thought. Others are definitely just people going about their holiday or work. Travelling with someone else it wouldn’t be fair to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to nail the perfect long exposure or HDR image of a cathedral or similar in perfect light – the one stunning shot to add to the portfolio- it’s not really my thing, I go for an overview of the place in the time available. Looking at the postcards locally it becomes obvious that stunning shots of some of these buildings are hard to come by. Heavily corrected converging verticals were quite obvious – and most likely will be in my own shots. As the owner of tilt and shift lenses I never travel with one – ever! My knees are already creaking from the weight of the bag.
My Logo started with a tetrahedron in 2013. evolved into a merkaba in 2015.
In Egyptian, Mer means a Counter Rotating Field of Light.
Ka means Spirit.
Ba means Body.
it all happenened natuarally in the flow of creation.
Before Math as we know it is Sacred Geometry, which encapsulates life itself.
I was attracted to electronic toys as a child.
I disassembled them to understand them, and put them back together.
Math was the only class besides sports in which I had fun and where everything felt natural.
I made my own electric circuits during the weekend in Junior High.
I started writing code to create shapes at 12 years old.
It’s something that came naturally.
I was a science major in high school without trying to be one.
I’m don’t consider myself a mathmatician but someone with a love for the art.
Sacred Geometry makes Mathematical relationships visual and intuitively natural to understand.
The 2 triangular shapes are tetrahedrons.
When together in opposite directions, create what is called a ‘Merkaba’ or ‘Star Tetrahedron’.
The Merkaba is the basis of all biological lifeforms all across the Universe.
Enlightement is realising the interconnectivity of all that is.
It is when both sides of the brain work together as one.
I use Sacred Geometry because it represents the interconnectivity of the Universe.
We are all connected to one another, to the plants, animals, insects, the wind, water, fire, earth.
Everything in reality, that exists, manifested through the Sacred Geometry proportions.
Every single thing in creation.
Music, emotions, feelings, energy, plants, our bodies, everything is created out a unique sign
wave signatures, that when becoming physical comes out of a sacred geometry pattern.
It represents the physical life emerging out of the spiritual realm.
Crop circles which seem to be created by aliens, are pure sacred geometry.
They seem to communicate something specific based on mathematical relationships.
The Circles showing the mathematical relationships of the merkaba of my logo, represent the Seed of Life.
The Seed of Life is the center of the Flower of Life.
The Flower of Life represents all of life in the Universe.
I view the Merkabah as masculine energy due to its straight lines, and the Seed of Life represents
the feminine energy due to its circular form.
It holds the laws and proportions of everything in existence.
By Superimposing the Male Energy and the Female Energy together, we get the connection of the two.
We all have both energies within us.
When a man and a woman are in love, it creates the most powerful energy within the body.
Sacred Geometry shapes in architecture, sculptures and art have been all over the world for centuries.
The pyramids all over the world from Egypt to Central and South America are examples of this.
~ Willpower LifeForce // WILLPOWER STUDIOS